diff --git a/embed/bcw2/init.go b/embed/bcw2/init.go
index fe04e79..5fc79b1 100644
--- a/embed/bcw2/init.go
+++ b/embed/bcw2/init.go
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ package bcw2
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 //go:embed bcw2.wasm
-var binary []byte
+var binary string
 
 func init() {
-	sqlite3.Binary = binary
+	sqlite3.Binary = unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(binary), len(binary))
 }
diff --git a/embed/init.go b/embed/init.go
index da527ab..5ffd695 100644
--- a/embed/init.go
+++ b/embed/init.go
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ package embed
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 //go:embed sqlite3.wasm
-var binary []byte
+var binary string
 
 func init() {
-	sqlite3.Binary = binary
+	sqlite3.Binary = unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(binary), len(binary))
 }